Slim Luneburg lens for antenna applications

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 19925-19934

  Demetriadou, Angela ^a,b   Hao, Yang ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; LENSES;

ANTENNA APPLICATIONS; ANTENNA SYSTEM; DIRECTIVITY; FABRY-PEROT; HIGH-DIRECTIVITY; LUNEBURG LENS; OPTICAL LENS; RESONANT ANTENNAS; SIDE LOBES; SPHERICAL SHAPE; WIDE ANGLE;

LENS ANTENNAS;

EID: 80053980542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.019925     Document Type: Article

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